Deportivo 18 de Marzo metro station

Metro Deportivo 18 de Marzo is a station on the Mexico City Metro.[2][3][4] It is located in Mexico City's Gustavo A. Madero borough.[2]

Deportivo 18 de Marzo
STC rapid transit
Line 6 platforms
LocationTepeyac Insurgentes, Gustavo A. Madero
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°29′01″N 99°07′36″W
Platforms 1 island platform
2 side platforms
Tracks4
Connections Deportivo 18 de Marzo
Deportivo 18 de Marzo
Construction
Structure type Surface
Underground
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened 1 December 1979
8 July 1986
Previous namesBasílica
Passengers
2018 13,187,272[1]
681,350[1]
Rank 25/195[1]
195/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Indios Verdes
Terminus
 Line 3 Potrero
toward Universidad
Lindavista
toward El Rosario
 Line 6 La Villa-Basílica
toward Martín Carrera
Location
Deportivo 18 de Marzo
Location within Mexico City

General information

The name of the station refers to the adjacent Deportivo 18 de Marzo sports complex, and its logo represents a player of a pre-Columbian ball game.[2][3][4]

Metro Basílica logo

This station was previously known as Metro Basílica.[2] Its logo and name were taken from the Basílica de Guadalupe Roman Catholic shrine, located one kilometre east of this station. When the Metro authorities changed the name of Metro La Villa to Metro La Villa-Basílica (a station that is only two blocks far Basílica de Guadalupe) they also changed the name of Metro Basílica.

Metro Deportivo 18 de Marzo was originally to be named Metro Montevideo (from nearby Avenida Montevideo), according to early plans for Line 3, so this station has changed its name twice.

This station serves the Tepeyac Insurgentes and Lindavista neighbourhoods.[2] It offers a connection to Line 1 of the Mexico City Metrobús.[2][5] Service to this metro station along Metro Line 3 opened on 1 December 1979.[6] Service along Line 6 at the station started on 8 July 1986.[6]

Nearby

Exits

Line 3

Line 6
  • Station sign and vendor carts, 18 December 2006

References
  1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  2. "Deportivo 18 de Marzo" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  3. Archambault, Richard. "Deportivo 18 de Marzo (Line 3) » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  4. Archambault, Richard. "Deportivo 18 de Marzo (Line 6) » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  5. "Metrobús - Ciudad de México: Ficha técnicas" (in Spanish). Mexico City Metrobús. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  6. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 3 August 2011.

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